The Horrid Voice of Science

"“There’s machinery in the butterfly;

There’s a mainspring to the bee;

There’s hydraulics to a daisy,

And contraptions to a tree.

“If we could see the birdie

That makes the chirping sound

With x-ray, scientific eyes,

We could see the wheels go round.”

And I hope all men

Who think like this

Will soon lie

Underground."

— Vachel Lindsay (1879.1931)